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reverse pickpocketing

reverse pickpocketing is the present participle and gerund of reverse pickpocket.

Meaning of reverse pickpocket

Noun

reverse pickpocket (plural reverse pickpockets)

  1. One who reverse-pickpockets, that is, who puts something in people's pockets without their knowledge.
    • Rashid gave his sister a staunch, comforting hug and deftly slipped, like a reverse pickpocket, several bills of money into the un-protesting pocket of her gown.2004, Abraham B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin, The Liberated Bride, page 216

Questions about reverse pickpocketing

What is reverse pickpocketing the present participle and gerund of?
Reverse pickpocketing is the present participle and gerund of reverse pickpocket.

Words near reverse pickpocketing in the dictionary

  1. reverse pedophile
  2. reverse pedophiles
  3. reverse pedos
  4. reverse pickpocket
  5. reverse pickpocketed
  6. reverse pickpocketing
  7. reverse pickpockets
  8. reverse Polish notation
  9. reverse proxies
  10. reverse proxy
  11. reverse psychology

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